FHWA Office of Policy and Governmental Affairs, Evidence-Based Transportation Studies, Legislative Affairs, International Engagement, and Policy Communications

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is conducting market research to identify potential sources for a series of anticipated contracts/task order awards. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information, for planning purposes, regarding the availability and capability of qualified sources to perform all or some of the work described. The work includes evidence-based transportation studies, legislative affairs, international engagement, and policy communications. The objectives of this requirement are to provide readily available support for assessing the cost-effectiveness and economic impacts of transportation infrastructure investments, conducting policy analysis, identifying and assessing options for paying for and efficiently delivering transportation investments, and evaluating and analyzing macro-level supply and demand relationships in multimodal freight flows. Some of the key tasks that the contractor will be expected to perform include: • Conducting studies relating to the international transfer and dissemination of transportation innovations, research, and practices • Analyzing intergovernmental policy issues relating to the relationships among the Federal government, States, cities, and Indian tribal governments • Facilitating high-level discussions of critical policy and strategic transportation topics • Providing regulatory and deregulatory analysis, benefit-cost analysis, and improving the applications of lifecycle-cost and economic-impact analysis for decision-making and infrastructure resiliency • Designing and operating integrated data systems through data governance and visualization • Developing quantitative modeling tools for highway asset management • Providing policy analysis, evaluation tools, and program assistance to FHWA staff as needed